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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] rabbit control and dogs
  • Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 10:19:09 -0400

On Tue, 20 May 2008 06:13:30 -0500, you wrote:

>Is anyone using dogs for control of rabbits? How does one train a dog
>to kill the rabbits once the dog finds them? It seems as most of the
>dogs I have seen around rabbits just chase them around. The rabbits
>seem to have the upper hand.
>

I don't think you can train killing into a dog. They either have it or
they don't, I think.

We have two dogs - a rough collie (not a border collie, but like Lassie)
and a German shepherd-golden retriever mix.

The mixed-breed dog knows exactly how to kill a small animal with one quick
shake of her heard. She is *always* *always* on the alert for small
animals when she's outdoors. She has what is called 'a very high prey
drive'.

The collie is very fast - he's built almost like a greyhound, although
you'd never know it under that massive fur. He can run down any rabbit,
and catch it. Then the other dog kills it.

Pat
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